"The Storyteller" (Tufts Magazine, Fall 2017) An interview with David Grann, the author of Flowers of the Killer-Moon.

"The World's Most Mysterious Book" (The Wall Street Journal, December 10, 2016) [subscription required]The cryptographers who broke the ciphers used by the Germans and the Japanese during World War II were defeated by the Voynich Manuscript.

"The Slippery Slope to Extinction" (The Wall Street Journal, March 21, 2015) [subscription required]Forty-thousand years ago, dogs proved themselves to be man’s best friend—and possibly the Neanderthals' enemy.

"Marco Polo's Visit to Alaska" (The Wall Street Journal, November 28, 2014) [subscription required]Was he guided around the Bering Strait by a grizzled Syrian sea dog?

"A 100 MPG Car? It's Already Possible" (The Boston Globe, December 8, 2013)An interview with Jason Fagone, the author of Ingenious: A True Story of Invention, Automotive Daring, and the Race to Revive America.

"King David, 'Vile Human Being'" (The Boston Globe, November 17, 2013)An interview with Joel S. Baden, the author of The Historical David: The Real Life of an Invented Hero.